Matthew 16 — GNB — Biblija.net

The Death of Judas

(Acts 1.18, 19)

³ And early in the morning you say, ‘It is going to rain, because the sky is red and dark.’ You can predict the weather by looking at the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs concerning these times! ⁴ How evil and godless are the people of this day! You ask me for a miracle? No! The only miracle you will be given is the miracle of Jonah.” So he left them and went away.

The Yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees

⁵ When the disciples crossed over to the other side of the lake, they forgot to take any bread.

Temptations to Sin

Jesus Is Anointed at Bethany

⁶ Jesus said to them, “Take care; be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.” ⁷ They started discussing among themselves, “He says this because we didn't bring any bread.” ⁸ Jesus knew what they were saying, so he asked them, “Why are you discussing among yourselves about not having any bread? What little faith you have! ⁹ Don't you understand yet? Don't you remember when I broke the five loaves for the five thousand men? How many baskets did you fill?

The Parable of the Lost Sheep

¹⁰ And what about the seven loaves for the four thousand men? How many baskets did you fill?

Pilate Questions Jesus

The Report of the Guard

¹¹ How is it that you don't understand that I was not talking to you about bread? Guard yourselves from the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees!”

Jesus Goes to the Temple

¹² Then the disciples understood that he was not warning them to guard themselves from the yeast used in bread but from the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

Peter's Declaration about Jesus

Jesus Blesses Little Children

Jesus Condemns Their Hypocrisy

(Mark 12.40; Luke 11.39-42, 44, 52; 20.47)

¹³ Jesus went to the territory near the town of Caesarea Philippi, where he asked his disciples, “Who do people say the Son of Man is?”

Jesus Heals a Boy with a Demon

The Parable of the Three Servants

Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus

¹⁴ “Some say John the Baptist,” they answered. “Others say Elijah, while others say Jeremiah or some other prophet.”

When Someone Sins

The Question about Paying Taxes

The Awful Horror

Jesus Is Sentenced to Death

¹⁵ “What about you?” he asked them. “Who do you say I am?”

The Rich Young Man

Jesus Appears to His Disciples

(Mark 16.14-18; Luke 24.36-49; John 20.19-23; Acts 1.6-8)

¹⁶ Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.”

Jesus Speaks a Third Time about His Death

Jesus Eats the Passover Meal with His Disciples

(Mark 14.12-21; Luke 22.7-13, 21-23; John 13.21-30)

¹⁷ “Good for you, Simon son of John!” answered Jesus. “For this truth did not come to you from any human being, but it was given to you directly by my Father in heaven.

Prohibiting and Permitting

Jesus Curses the Fig Tree

(Mark 11.12-14, 20-24)

¹⁸ And so I tell you, Peter: you are a rock, and on this rock foundation I will build my church, and not even death will ever be able to overcome it. ¹⁹ I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of heaven; what you prohibit on earth will be prohibited in heaven, and what you permit on earth will be permitted in heaven.”

A Mother's Request

²⁰ Then Jesus ordered his disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Messiah.

Jesus Speaks about His Suffering and Death

(Mark 8.31—9.1; Luke 9.22-27)

The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant

²¹ From that time on Jesus began to say plainly to his disciples, “I must go to Jerusalem and suffer much from the elders, the chief priests, and the teachers of the Law. I will be put to death, but three days later I will be raised to life.”

Jesus Speaks Again about His Death

²² Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. “God forbid it, Lord!” he said. “That must never happen to you!”

The Question about Jesus' Authority

The Question about Rising from Death

²³ Jesus turned around and said to Peter, “Get away from me, Satan! You are an obstacle in my way, because these thoughts of yours don't come from God, but from human nature.”

Payment of the Temple Tax

²⁴ Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If any of you want to come with me, you must forget yourself, carry your cross, and follow me. ²⁵ For if you want to save your own life, you will lose it; but if you lose your life for my sake, you will find it.

The Lord's Supper

(Mark 14.22-26; Luke 22.14-20; 1 Corinthians 11.23-25)

²⁶ Will you gain anything if you win the whole world but lose your life? Of course not! There is nothing you can give to regain your life.

The Soldiers Make Fun of Jesus

²⁷ For the Son of Man is about to come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will reward each one according to his deeds.

The Parable of the Two Sons

²⁸ I assure you that there are some here who will not die until they have seen the Son of Man come as King.”

The Demand for a Miracle

The Transfiguration

Who Is the Greatest?

Jesus Teaches about Divorce

The Workers in the Vineyard

The Triumphant Entry into Jerusalem

The Parable of the Wedding Feast

Jesus Warns against the Teachers of the Law and the Pharisees

(Mark 12.38, 39; Luke 11.43, 46; 20.45, 46)

Jesus Speaks of the Destruction of the Temple

(Mark 13.1, 2; Luke 21.5, 6)

The Parable of the Ten Young Women

The Plot against Jesus

Jesus Is Taken to Pilate

The Resurrection

¹ Six days later Jesus took with him Peter and the brothers James and John and led them up a high mountain where they were alone. ² As they looked on, a change came over Jesus: his face was shining like the sun, and his clothes were dazzling white.

Troubles and Persecutions

The Death of Judas

(Acts 1.18, 19)

³ Then the three disciples saw Moses and Elijah talking with Jesus. ⁴ So Peter spoke up and said to Jesus, “Lord, how good it is that we are here! If you wish, I will make three tents here, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”

The Yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees

⁵ While he was talking, a shining cloud came over them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my own dear Son, with whom I am pleased—listen to him!”

Temptations to Sin

Jesus Is Anointed at Bethany

⁶ When the disciples heard the voice, they were so terrified that they threw themselves face downward on the ground. ⁷ Jesus came to them and touched them. “Get up,” he said. “Don't be afraid!” ⁸ So they looked up and saw no one there but Jesus. ⁹ As they came down the mountain, Jesus ordered them, “Don't tell anyone about this vision you have seen until the Son of Man has been raised from death.”

The Parable of the Lost Sheep

¹⁰ Then the disciples asked Jesus, “Why do the teachers of the Law say that Elijah has to come first?”

Pilate Questions Jesus

The Report of the Guard

¹¹ “Elijah is indeed coming first,” answered Jesus, “and he will get everything ready.

Jesus Goes to the Temple

¹² But I tell you that Elijah has already come and people did not recognize him, but treated him just as they pleased. In the same way they will also mistreat the Son of Man.”

Peter's Declaration about Jesus

Jesus Blesses Little Children

Jesus Condemns Their Hypocrisy

(Mark 12.40; Luke 11.39-42, 44, 52; 20.47)

¹³ Then the disciples understood that he was talking to them about John the Baptist.

Jesus Heals a Boy with a Demon

The Parable of the Three Servants

Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus

¹⁴ When they returned to the crowd, a man came to Jesus, knelt before him,

When Someone Sins

The Question about Paying Taxes

The Awful Horror

Jesus Is Sentenced to Death

¹⁵ and said, “Sir, have mercy on my son! He is an epileptic and has such terrible attacks that he often falls in the fire or into water.

The Rich Young Man

Jesus Appears to His Disciples

(Mark 16.14-18; Luke 24.36-49; John 20.19-23; Acts 1.6-8)

¹⁶ I brought him to your disciples, but they could not heal him.”

Jesus Speaks a Third Time about His Death

Jesus Eats the Passover Meal with His Disciples

(Mark 14.12-21; Luke 22.7-13, 21-23; John 13.21-30)

¹⁷ Jesus answered, “How unbelieving and wrong you people are! How long must I stay with you? How long do I have to put up with you? Bring the boy here to me!”

Prohibiting and Permitting

Jesus Curses the Fig Tree

(Mark 11.12-14, 20-24)

¹⁸ Jesus gave a command to the demon, and it went out of the boy, and at that very moment he was healed. ¹⁹ Then the disciples came to Jesus in private and asked him, “Why couldn't we drive the demon out?”

A Mother's Request

²⁰ “It was because you do not have enough faith,” answered Jesus. “I assure you that if you have faith as big as a mustard seed, you can say to this hill, ‘Go from here to there!’ and it will go. You could do anything!”

Jesus Speaks Again about His Death

²² When the disciples all came together in Galilee, Jesus said to them, “The Son of Man is about to be handed over to those

The Question about Jesus' Authority

The Question about Rising from Death

²³ who will kill him; but three days later he will be raised to life.” The disciples became very sad.

Payment of the Temple Tax

²⁴ When Jesus and his disciples came to Capernaum, the collectors of the Temple tax came to Peter and asked, “Does your teacher pay the Temple tax?” ²⁵ “Of course,” Peter answered. When Peter went into the house, Jesus spoke up first, “Simon, what is your opinion? Who pays duties or taxes to the kings of this world? The citizens of the country or the foreigners?”

The Lord's Supper

(Mark 14.22-26; Luke 22.14-20; 1 Corinthians 11.23-25)

²⁶ “The foreigners,” answered Peter. “Well, then,” replied Jesus, “that means that the citizens don't have to pay.

The Soldiers Make Fun of Jesus

²⁷ But we don't want to offend these people. So go to the lake and drop in a line. Pull up the first fish you hook, and in its mouth you will find a coin worth enough for my Temple tax and yours. Take it and pay them our taxes.”

The Demand for a Miracle

The Transfiguration

Who Is the Greatest?

Jesus Teaches about Divorce

The Workers in the Vineyard

The Triumphant Entry into Jerusalem

The Parable of the Wedding Feast

Jesus Warns against the Teachers of the Law and the Pharisees

(Mark 12.38, 39; Luke 11.43, 46; 20.45, 46)

Jesus Speaks of the Destruction of the Temple

(Mark 13.1, 2; Luke 21.5, 6)

The Parable of the Ten Young Women

The Plot against Jesus

Jesus Is Taken to Pilate

The Resurrection

¹ At that time the disciples came to Jesus, asking, “Who is the greatest in the Kingdom of heaven?” ² So Jesus called a child to come and stand in front of them,

Troubles and Persecutions

The Death of Judas

(Acts 1.18, 19)

³ and said, “I assure you that unless you change and become like children, you will never enter the Kingdom of heaven. ⁴ The greatest in the Kingdom of heaven is the one who humbles himself and becomes like this child.

The Yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees

⁵ And whoever welcomes in my name one such child as this, welcomes me.

Temptations to Sin

Jesus Is Anointed at Bethany

⁶ “If anyone should cause one of these little ones to lose his faith in me, it would be better for that person to have a large millstone tied around his neck and be drowned in the deep sea. ⁷ How terrible for the world that there are things that make people lose their faith! Such things will always happen—but how terrible for the one who causes them! ⁸ “If your hand or your foot makes you lose your faith, cut it off and throw it away! It is better for you to enter life without a hand or a foot than to keep both hands and both feet and be thrown into the eternal fire. ⁹ And if your eye makes you lose your faith, take it out and throw it away! It is better for you to enter life with only one eye than to keep both eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell.

The Parable of the Lost Sheep

¹⁰ “See that you don't despise any of these little ones. Their angels in heaven, I tell you, are always in the presence of my Father in heaven.

Jesus Goes to the Temple

¹² “What do you think a man does who has one hundred sheep and one of them gets lost? He will leave the other ninety-nine grazing on the hillside and go and look for the lost sheep.

Peter's Declaration about Jesus

Jesus Blesses Little Children

Jesus Condemns Their Hypocrisy

(Mark 12.40; Luke 11.39-42, 44, 52; 20.47)

¹³ When he finds it, I tell you, he feels far happier over this one sheep than over the ninety-nine that did not get lost.

Jesus Heals a Boy with a Demon

The Parable of the Three Servants

Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus

¹⁴ In just the same way your Father in heaven does not want any of these little ones to be lost.

When Someone Sins

The Question about Paying Taxes

The Awful Horror

Jesus Is Sentenced to Death

¹⁵ “If your brother sins against you, go to him and show him his fault. But do it privately, just between yourselves. If he listens to you, you have won your brother back.

The Rich Young Man

Jesus Appears to His Disciples

(Mark 16.14-18; Luke 24.36-49; John 20.19-23; Acts 1.6-8)

¹⁶ But if he will not listen to you, take one or two other persons with you, so that ‘every accusation may be upheld by the testimony of two or more witnesses,’ as the scripture says.

Jesus Speaks a Third Time about His Death

Jesus Eats the Passover Meal with His Disciples

(Mark 14.12-21; Luke 22.7-13, 21-23; John 13.21-30)

¹⁷ And if he will not listen to them, then tell the whole thing to the church. Finally, if he will not listen to the church, treat him as though he were a pagan or a tax collector.

Prohibiting and Permitting

Jesus Curses the Fig Tree

(Mark 11.12-14, 20-24)

¹⁸ “And so I tell all of you: what you prohibit on earth will be prohibited in heaven, and what you permit on earth will be permitted in heaven. ¹⁹ “And I tell you more: whenever two of you on earth agree about anything you pray for, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven.

A Mother's Request

²⁰ For where two or three come together in my name, I am there with them.”

Jesus Speaks about His Suffering and Death

(Mark 8.31—9.1; Luke 9.22-27)

The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant

²¹ Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, if my brother keeps on sinning against me, how many times do I have to forgive him? Seven times?”

Jesus Speaks Again about His Death

²² “No, not seven times,” answered Jesus, “but seventy times seven,

The Question about Jesus' Authority

The Question about Rising from Death

²³ because the Kingdom of heaven is like this. Once there was a king who decided to check on his servants' accounts.

Payment of the Temple Tax

²⁴ He had just begun to do so when one of them was brought in who owed him millions of dollars. ²⁵ The servant did not have enough to pay his debt, so the king ordered him to be sold as a slave, with his wife and his children and all that he had, in order to pay the debt.

The Lord's Supper

(Mark 14.22-26; Luke 22.14-20; 1 Corinthians 11.23-25)

²⁶ The servant fell on his knees before the king. ‘Be patient with me,’ he begged, ‘and I will pay you everything!’

The Soldiers Make Fun of Jesus

²⁷ The king felt sorry for him, so he forgave him the debt and let him go.

The Parable of the Two Sons

²⁸ “Then the man went out and met one of his fellow servants who owed him a few dollars. He grabbed him and started choking him. ‘Pay back what you owe me!’ he said.

Jesus Heals Two Blind Men

Jesus Predicts Their Punishment

The Coming of the Son of Man

²⁹ His fellow servant fell down and begged him, ‘Be patient with me, and I will pay you back!’ ³⁰ But he refused; instead, he had him thrown into jail until he should pay the debt.

The Final Judgment

Jesus Predicts Peter's Denial

³¹ When the other servants saw what had happened, they were very upset and went to the king and told him everything.

The Lesson of the Fig Tree

Jesus Is Crucified

³² So he called the servant in. ‘You worthless slave!’ he said. ‘I forgave you the whole amount you owed me, just because you asked me to.

The Parable of the Tenants in the Vineyard

³³ You should have had mercy on your fellow servant, just as I had mercy on you.’

The Great Commandment

³⁴ The king was very angry, and he sent the servant to jail to be punished until he should pay back the whole amount.” ³⁵ And Jesus concluded, “That is how my Father in heaven will treat every one of you unless you forgive your brother from your heart.”

The Demand for a Miracle

The Transfiguration

Who Is the Greatest?

Jesus Teaches about Divorce

The Workers in the Vineyard

The Triumphant Entry into Jerusalem

The Parable of the Wedding Feast

Jesus Warns against the Teachers of the Law and the Pharisees

(Mark 12.38, 39; Luke 11.43, 46; 20.45, 46)

Jesus Speaks of the Destruction of the Temple

(Mark 13.1, 2; Luke 21.5, 6)

The Parable of the Ten Young Women

The Plot against Jesus

Jesus Is Taken to Pilate

The Resurrection

¹ When Jesus finished saying these things, he left Galilee and went to the territory of Judea on the other side of the Jordan River. ² Large crowds followed him, and he healed them there.

Troubles and Persecutions

The Death of Judas

(Acts 1.18, 19)

³ Some Pharisees came to him and tried to trap him by asking, “Does our Law allow a man to divorce his wife for whatever reason he wishes?” ⁴ Jesus answered, “Haven't you read the scripture that says that in the beginning the Creator made people male and female?

The Yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees

⁵ And God said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and unite with his wife, and the two will become one.’

Temptations to Sin

Jesus Is Anointed at Bethany

⁶ So they are no longer two, but one. No human being must separate, then, what God has joined together.” ⁷ The Pharisees asked him, “Why, then, did Moses give the law for a man to hand his wife a divorce notice and send her away?” ⁸ Jesus answered, “Moses gave you permission to divorce your wives because you are so hard to teach. But it was not like that at the time of creation. ⁹ I tell you, then, that any man who divorces his wife for any cause other than her unfaithfulness, commits adultery if he marries some other woman.”

The Parable of the Lost Sheep

¹⁰ His disciples said to him, “If this is how it is between a man and his wife, it is better not to marry.”

Pilate Questions Jesus

The Report of the Guard

¹¹ Jesus answered, “This teaching does not apply to everyone, but only to those to whom God has given it.

Jesus Goes to the Temple

¹² For there are different reasons why men cannot marry: some, because they were born that way; others, because men made them that way; and others do not marry for the sake of the Kingdom of heaven. Let him who can accept this teaching do so.”

Peter's Declaration about Jesus

Jesus Blesses Little Children

Jesus Condemns Their Hypocrisy

(Mark 12.40; Luke 11.39-42, 44, 52; 20.47)

¹³ Some people brought children to Jesus for him to place his hands on them and to pray for them, but the disciples scolded the people.

Jesus Heals a Boy with a Demon

The Parable of the Three Servants

Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus

¹⁴ Jesus said, “Let the children come to me and do not stop them, because the Kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”

When Someone Sins

The Question about Paying Taxes

The Awful Horror

Jesus Is Sentenced to Death

¹⁵ He placed his hands on them and then went away.

The Rich Young Man

Jesus Appears to His Disciples

(Mark 16.14-18; Luke 24.36-49; John 20.19-23; Acts 1.6-8)

¹⁶ Once a man came to Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what good thing must I do to receive eternal life?”

Jesus Speaks a Third Time about His Death

Jesus Eats the Passover Meal with His Disciples

(Mark 14.12-21; Luke 22.7-13, 21-23; John 13.21-30)

¹⁷ “Why do you ask me concerning what is good?” answered Jesus. “There is only One who is good. Keep the commandments if you want to enter life.”

Prohibiting and Permitting

Jesus Curses the Fig Tree

(Mark 11.12-14, 20-24)

¹⁸ “What commandments?” he asked. Jesus answered, “Do not commit murder; do not commit adultery; do not steal; do not accuse anyone falsely; ¹⁹ respect your father and your mother; and love your neighbor as you love yourself.”

A Mother's Request

²⁰ “I have obeyed all these commandments,” the young man replied. “What else do I need to do?”

Jesus Speaks about His Suffering and Death

(Mark 8.31—9.1; Luke 9.22-27)

The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant

²¹ Jesus said to him, “If you want to be perfect, go and sell all you have and give the money to the poor, and you will have riches in heaven; then come and follow me.”

Jesus Speaks Again about His Death

²² When the young man heard this, he went away sad, because he was very rich.

The Question about Jesus' Authority

The Question about Rising from Death

²³ Jesus then said to his disciples, “I assure you: it will be very hard for rich people to enter the Kingdom of heaven.

Payment of the Temple Tax

²⁴ I repeat: it is much harder for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God than for a camel to go through the eye of a needle.” ²⁵ When the disciples heard this, they were completely amazed. “Who, then, can be saved?” they asked.

The Lord's Supper

(Mark 14.22-26; Luke 22.14-20; 1 Corinthians 11.23-25)

²⁶ Jesus looked straight at them and answered, “This is impossible for human beings, but for God everything is possible.”

The Soldiers Make Fun of Jesus

²⁷ Then Peter spoke up. “Look,” he said, “we have left everything and followed you. What will we have?”

The Parable of the Two Sons

²⁸ Jesus said to them, “You can be sure that when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne in the New Age, then you twelve followers of mine will also sit on thrones, to rule the twelve tribes of Israel.

Jesus Heals Two Blind Men

Jesus Predicts Their Punishment

The Coming of the Son of Man

²⁹ And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or fields for my sake, will receive a hundred times more and will be given eternal life. ³⁰ But many who now are first will be last, and many who now are last will be first.

The Demand for a Miracle

The Transfiguration

Who Is the Greatest?

Jesus Teaches about Divorce

The Workers in the Vineyard

The Triumphant Entry into Jerusalem

The Parable of the Wedding Feast

Jesus Warns against the Teachers of the Law and the Pharisees

(Mark 12.38, 39; Luke 11.43, 46; 20.45, 46)

Jesus Speaks of the Destruction of the Temple

(Mark 13.1, 2; Luke 21.5, 6)

The Parable of the Ten Young Women

The Plot against Jesus

Jesus Is Taken to Pilate

The Resurrection

¹ “The Kingdom of heaven is like this. Once there was a man who went out early in the morning to hire some men to work in his vineyard. ² He agreed to pay them the regular wage, a silver coin a day, and sent them to work in his vineyard.

Troubles and Persecutions

The Death of Judas

(Acts 1.18, 19)

³ He went out again to the marketplace at nine o'clock and saw some men standing there doing nothing, ⁴ so he told them, ‘You also go and work in the vineyard, and I will pay you a fair wage.’

The Yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees

⁵ So they went. Then at twelve o'clock and again at three o'clock he did the same thing.

Temptations to Sin

Jesus Is Anointed at Bethany

⁶ It was nearly five o'clock when he went to the marketplace and saw some other men still standing there. ‘Why are you wasting the whole day here doing nothing?’ he asked them. ⁷ ‘No one hired us,’ they answered. ‘Well, then, you go and work in the vineyard,’ he told them. ⁸ “When evening came, the owner told his foreman, ‘Call the workers and pay them their wages, starting with those who were hired last and ending with those who were hired first.’ ⁹ The men who had begun to work at five o'clock were paid a silver coin each.

The Parable of the Lost Sheep

¹⁰ So when the men who were the first to be hired came to be paid, they thought they would get more; but they too were given a silver coin each.

Pilate Questions Jesus

The Report of the Guard

¹¹ They took their money and started grumbling against the employer.

Jesus Goes to the Temple

¹² ‘These men who were hired last worked only one hour,’ they said, ‘while we put up with a whole day's work in the hot sun—yet you paid them the same as you paid us!’

Peter's Declaration about Jesus

Jesus Blesses Little Children

Jesus Condemns Their Hypocrisy

(Mark 12.40; Luke 11.39-42, 44, 52; 20.47)

¹³ ‘Listen, friend,’ the owner answered one of them, ‘I have not cheated you. After all, you agreed to do a day's work for one silver coin.

Jesus Heals a Boy with a Demon

The Parable of the Three Servants

Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus

¹⁴ Now take your pay and go home. I want to give this man who was hired last as much as I gave you.

When Someone Sins

The Question about Paying Taxes

The Awful Horror

Jesus Is Sentenced to Death

¹⁵ Don't I have the right to do as I wish with my own money? Or are you jealous because I am generous?’”

The Rich Young Man

Jesus Appears to His Disciples

(Mark 16.14-18; Luke 24.36-49; John 20.19-23; Acts 1.6-8)

¹⁶ And Jesus concluded, “So those who are last will be first, and those who are first will be last.”

Jesus Speaks a Third Time about His Death

Jesus Eats the Passover Meal with His Disciples

(Mark 14.12-21; Luke 22.7-13, 21-23; John 13.21-30)

¹⁷ As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside and spoke to them privately, as they walked along.

Prohibiting and Permitting

Jesus Curses the Fig Tree

(Mark 11.12-14, 20-24)

¹⁸ “Listen,” he told them, “we are going up to Jerusalem, where the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and the teachers of the Law. They will condemn him to death ¹⁹ and then hand him over to the Gentiles, who will make fun of him, whip him, and crucify him; but three days later he will be raised to life.”

A Mother's Request

²⁰ Then the wife of Zebedee came to Jesus with her two sons, bowed before him, and asked him for a favor.

Jesus Speaks about His Suffering and Death

(Mark 8.31—9.1; Luke 9.22-27)

The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant

²¹ “What do you want?” Jesus asked her. She answered, “Promise me that these two sons of mine will sit at your right and your left when you are King.”

Jesus Speaks Again about His Death

²² “You don't know what you are asking for,” Jesus answered the sons. “Can you drink the cup of suffering that I am about to drink?” “We can,” they answered.

The Question about Jesus' Authority

The Question about Rising from Death

²³ “You will indeed drink from my cup,” Jesus told them, “but I do not have the right to choose who will sit at my right and my left. These places belong to those for whom my Father has prepared them.”

Payment of the Temple Tax

²⁴ When the other ten disciples heard about this, they became angry with the two brothers. ²⁵ So Jesus called them all together and said, “You know that the rulers of the heathen have power over them, and the leaders have complete authority.

The Lord's Supper

(Mark 14.22-26; Luke 22.14-20; 1 Corinthians 11.23-25)

²⁶ This, however, is not the way it shall be among you. If one of you wants to be great, you must be the servant of the rest;

The Soldiers Make Fun of Jesus

²⁷ and if one of you wants to be first, you must be the slave of the others—

The Parable of the Two Sons

²⁸ like the Son of Man, who did not come to be served, but to serve and to give his life to redeem many people.”

Jesus Heals Two Blind Men

Jesus Predicts Their Punishment

The Coming of the Son of Man

²⁹ As Jesus and his disciples were leaving Jericho, a large crowd was following. ³⁰ Two blind men who were sitting by the road heard that Jesus was passing by, so they began to shout, “Son of David! Have mercy on us, sir!”

The Final Judgment

Jesus Predicts Peter's Denial

³¹ The crowd scolded them and told them to be quiet. But they shouted even more loudly, “Son of David! Have mercy on us, sir!”

The Lesson of the Fig Tree

Jesus Is Crucified

³² Jesus stopped and called them. “What do you want me to do for you?” he asked them.

The Parable of the Tenants in the Vineyard

³³ “Sir,” they answered, “we want you to give us our sight!”

The Great Commandment

³⁴ Jesus had pity on them and touched their eyes; at once they were able to see, and they followed him.

The Demand for a Miracle

The Transfiguration

Who Is the Greatest?

Jesus Teaches about Divorce

The Workers in the Vineyard

The Triumphant Entry into Jerusalem

The Parable of the Wedding Feast

Jesus Warns against the Teachers of the Law and the Pharisees

(Mark 12.38, 39; Luke 11.43, 46; 20.45, 46)

Jesus Speaks of the Destruction of the Temple

(Mark 13.1, 2; Luke 21.5, 6)

The Parable of the Ten Young Women

The Plot against Jesus

Jesus Is Taken to Pilate

The Resurrection

¹ As Jesus and his disciples approached Jerusalem, they came to Bethphage at the Mount of Olives. There Jesus sent two of the disciples on ahead ² with these instructions: “Go to the village there ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied up with her colt beside her. Untie them and bring them to me.

Troubles and Persecutions

The Death of Judas

(Acts 1.18, 19)

³ And if anyone says anything, tell him, ‘The Master needs them’; and then he will let them go at once.” ⁴ This happened in order to make come true what the prophet had said:

The Yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees

⁵ “Tell the city of Zion,
Look, your king is coming to you!
He is humble and rides on a donkey
and on a colt, the foal of a donkey.”

Temptations to Sin

Jesus Is Anointed at Bethany

⁶ So the disciples went and did what Jesus had told them to do: ⁷ they brought the donkey and the colt, threw their cloaks over them, and Jesus got on. ⁸ A large crowd of people spread their cloaks on the road while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. ⁹ The crowds walking in front of Jesus and those walking behind began to shout, “Praise to David's Son! God bless him who comes in the name of the Lord! Praise be to God!”

The Parable of the Lost Sheep

¹⁰ When Jesus entered Jerusalem, the whole city was thrown into an uproar. “Who is he?” the people asked.

Pilate Questions Jesus

The Report of the Guard

¹¹ “This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth in Galilee,” the crowds answered.

Jesus Goes to the Temple

¹² Jesus went into the Temple and drove out all those who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the moneychangers and the stools of those who sold pigeons,

Peter's Declaration about Jesus

Jesus Blesses Little Children

Jesus Condemns Their Hypocrisy

(Mark 12.40; Luke 11.39-42, 44, 52; 20.47)

¹³ and said to them, “It is written in the Scriptures that God said, ‘My Temple will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it a hideout for thieves!”

Jesus Heals a Boy with a Demon

The Parable of the Three Servants

Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus

¹⁴ The blind and the crippled came to him in the Temple, and he healed them.

When Someone Sins

The Question about Paying Taxes

The Awful Horror

Jesus Is Sentenced to Death

¹⁵ The chief priests and the teachers of the Law became angry when they saw the wonderful things he was doing and the children shouting in the Temple, “Praise to David's Son!”

The Rich Young Man

Jesus Appears to His Disciples

(Mark 16.14-18; Luke 24.36-49; John 20.19-23; Acts 1.6-8)

¹⁶ So they asked Jesus, “Do you hear what they are saying?” “Indeed I do,” answered Jesus. “Haven't you ever read this scripture? ‘You have trained children and babies to offer perfect praise.’”

Jesus Speaks a Third Time about His Death

Jesus Eats the Passover Meal with His Disciples

(Mark 14.12-21; Luke 22.7-13, 21-23; John 13.21-30)

¹⁷ Jesus left them and went out of the city to Bethany, where he spent the night.

Prohibiting and Permitting

Jesus Curses the Fig Tree

(Mark 11.12-14, 20-24)

¹⁸ On his way back to the city early next morning, Jesus was hungry. ¹⁹ He saw a fig tree by the side of the road and went to it, but found nothing on it except leaves. So he said to the tree, “You will never again bear fruit!” At once the fig tree dried up.

A Mother's Request

²⁰ The disciples saw this and were astounded. “How did the fig tree dry up so quickly?” they asked.

Jesus Speaks about His Suffering and Death

(Mark 8.31—9.1; Luke 9.22-27)

The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant

²¹ Jesus answered, “I assure you that if you believe and do not doubt, you will be able to do what I have done to this fig tree. And not only this, but you will even be able to say to this hill, ‘Get up and throw yourself in the sea,’ and it will.

Jesus Speaks Again about His Death

²² If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”

The Question about Jesus' Authority

The Question about Rising from Death

²³ Jesus came back to the Temple; and as he taught, the chief priests and the elders came to him and asked, “What right do you have to do these things? Who gave you such right?”

Payment of the Temple Tax

²⁴ Jesus answered them, “I will ask you just one question, and if you give me an answer, I will tell you what right I have to do these things. ²⁵ Where did John's right to baptize come from: was it from God or from human beings?” They started to argue among themselves, “What shall we say? If we answer, ‘From God,’ he will say to us, ‘Why, then, did you not believe John?’

The Lord's Supper

(Mark 14.22-26; Luke 22.14-20; 1 Corinthians 11.23-25)

²⁶ But if we say, ‘From human beings,’ we are afraid of what the people might do, because they are all convinced that John was a prophet.”

The Soldiers Make Fun of Jesus

²⁷ So they answered Jesus, “We don't know.” And he said to them, “Neither will I tell you, then, by what right I do these things.

The Parable of the Two Sons

²⁸ “Now, what do you think? There was once a man who had two sons. He went to the older one and said, ‘Son, go and work in the vineyard today.’

Jesus Heals Two Blind Men

Jesus Predicts Their Punishment

The Coming of the Son of Man

²⁹ ‘I don't want to,’ he answered, but later he changed his mind and went. ³⁰ Then the father went to the other son and said the same thing. ‘Yes, sir,’ he answered, but he did not go.

The Final Judgment

Jesus Predicts Peter's Denial

³¹ Which one of the two did what his father wanted?” “The older one,” they answered. So Jesus said to them, “I tell you: the tax collectors and the prostitutes are going into the Kingdom of God ahead of you.

The Lesson of the Fig Tree

Jesus Is Crucified

³² For John the Baptist came to you showing you the right path to take, and you would not believe him; but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. Even when you saw this, you did not later change your minds and believe him.

The Parable of the Tenants in the Vineyard

³³ “Listen to another parable,” Jesus said. “There was once a landowner who planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a hole for the wine press, and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to tenants and left home on a trip.

The Great Commandment

³⁴ When the time came to gather the grapes, he sent his slaves to the tenants to receive his share of the harvest. ³⁵ The tenants grabbed his slaves, beat one, killed another, and stoned another.

No One Knows the Day and Hour

Jesus Prays in Gethsemane

³⁶ Again the man sent other slaves, more than the first time, and the tenants treated them the same way.

Jesus' Love for Jerusalem

(Luke 13.34, 35)

³⁷ Last of all he sent his son to them. ‘Surely they will respect my son,’ he said. ³⁸ But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, ‘This is the owner's son. Come on, let's kill him, and we will get his property!’ ³⁹ So they grabbed him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him. ⁴⁰ “Now, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?” Jesus asked.

The Question about the Messiah

⁴¹ “He will certainly kill those evil men,” they answered, “and rent the vineyard out to other tenants, who will give him his share of the harvest at the right time.” ⁴² Jesus said to them, “Haven't you ever read what the Scriptures say?
‘The stone which the builders rejected as worthless
turned out to be the most important of all.
This was done by the Lord;
what a wonderful sight it is!’ ⁴³ “And so I tell you,” added Jesus, “the Kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce the proper fruits.”

The Faithful or the Unfaithful Servant

The Death of Jesus

⁴⁵ The chief priests and the Pharisees heard Jesus' parables and knew that he was talking about them, ⁴⁶ so they tried to arrest him. But they were afraid of the crowds, who considered Jesus to be a prophet.

The Demand for a Miracle

The Transfiguration

Who Is the Greatest?

Jesus Teaches about Divorce

The Workers in the Vineyard

The Triumphant Entry into Jerusalem

The Parable of the Wedding Feast

Jesus Warns against the Teachers of the Law and the Pharisees

(Mark 12.38, 39; Luke 11.43, 46; 20.45, 46)

Jesus Speaks of the Destruction of the Temple

(Mark 13.1, 2; Luke 21.5, 6)

The Parable of the Ten Young Women

The Plot against Jesus

Jesus Is Taken to Pilate

The Resurrection

¹ Jesus again used parables in talking to the people. ² “The Kingdom of heaven is like this. Once there was a king who prepared a wedding feast for his son.

Troubles and Persecutions

The Death of Judas

(Acts 1.18, 19)

³ He sent his servants to tell the invited guests to come to the feast, but they did not want to come. ⁴ So he sent other servants with this message for the guests: ‘My feast is ready now; my steers and prize calves have been butchered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding feast!’

The Yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees

⁵ But the invited guests paid no attention and went about their business: one went to his farm, another to his store,

Temptations to Sin

Jesus Is Anointed at Bethany

⁶ while others grabbed the servants, beat them, and killed them. ⁷ The king was very angry; so he sent his soldiers, who killed those murderers and burned down their city. ⁸ Then he called his servants and said to them, ‘My wedding feast is ready, but the people I invited did not deserve it. ⁹ Now go to the main streets and invite to the feast as many people as you find.’

The Parable of the Lost Sheep

¹⁰ So the servants went out into the streets and gathered all the people they could find, good and bad alike; and the wedding hall was filled with people.

Pilate Questions Jesus

The Report of the Guard

¹¹ “The king went in to look at the guests and saw a man who was not wearing wedding clothes.

Jesus Goes to the Temple

¹² ‘Friend, how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ the king asked him. But the man said nothing.

Peter's Declaration about Jesus

Jesus Blesses Little Children

Jesus Condemns Their Hypocrisy

(Mark 12.40; Luke 11.39-42, 44, 52; 20.47)

¹³ Then the king told the servants, ‘Tie him up hand and foot, and throw him outside in the dark. There he will cry and gnash his teeth.’”

Jesus Heals a Boy with a Demon

The Parable of the Three Servants

Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus

¹⁴ And Jesus concluded, “Many are invited, but few are chosen.”

When Someone Sins

The Question about Paying Taxes

The Awful Horror

Jesus Is Sentenced to Death

¹⁵ The Pharisees went off and made a plan to trap Jesus with questions.

The Rich Young Man

Jesus Appears to His Disciples

(Mark 16.14-18; Luke 24.36-49; John 20.19-23; Acts 1.6-8)

¹⁶ Then they sent to him some of their disciples and some members of Herod's party. “Teacher,” they said, “we know that you tell the truth. You teach the truth about God's will for people, without worrying about what others think, because you pay no attention to anyone's status.

Jesus Speaks a Third Time about His Death

Jesus Eats the Passover Meal with His Disciples

(Mark 14.12-21; Luke 22.7-13, 21-23; John 13.21-30)

¹⁷ Tell us, then, what do you think? Is it against our Law to pay taxes to the Roman Emperor, or not?”

Prohibiting and Permitting

Jesus Curses the Fig Tree

(Mark 11.12-14, 20-24)

¹⁸ Jesus, however, was aware of their evil plan, and so he said, “You hypocrites! Why are you trying to trap me? ¹⁹ Show me the coin for paying the tax!” They brought him the coin,

A Mother's Request

²⁰ and he asked them, “Whose face and name are these?”

Jesus Speaks about His Suffering and Death

(Mark 8.31—9.1; Luke 9.22-27)

The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant

²¹ “The Emperor's,” they answered. So Jesus said to them, “Well, then, pay to the Emperor what belongs to the Emperor, and pay to God what belongs to God.”

Jesus Speaks Again about His Death

²² When they heard this, they were amazed; and they left him and went away.

The Question about Jesus' Authority

The Question about Rising from Death

²³ That same day some Sadducees came to Jesus and claimed that people will not rise from death.

Payment of the Temple Tax

²⁴ “Teacher,” they said, “Moses said that if a man who has no children dies, his brother must marry the widow so that they can have children who will be considered the dead man's children. ²⁵ Now, there were seven brothers who used to live here. The oldest got married and died without having children, so he left his widow to his brother.

The Lord's Supper

(Mark 14.22-26; Luke 22.14-20; 1 Corinthians 11.23-25)

²⁶ The same thing happened to the second brother, to the third, and finally to all seven.

The Soldiers Make Fun of Jesus

²⁷ Last of all, the woman died.

The Parable of the Two Sons

²⁸ Now, on the day when the dead rise to life, whose wife will she be? All of them had married her.”

Jesus Heals Two Blind Men

Jesus Predicts Their Punishment

The Coming of the Son of Man

²⁹ Jesus answered them, “How wrong you are! It is because you don't know the Scriptures or God's power. ³⁰ For when the dead rise to life, they will be like the angels in heaven and will not marry.

The Final Judgment

Jesus Predicts Peter's Denial

³¹ Now, as for the dead rising to life: haven't you ever read what God has told you? He said,

The Lesson of the Fig Tree

Jesus Is Crucified

³² ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ He is the God of the living, not of the dead.”

The Parable of the Tenants in the Vineyard

³³ When the crowds heard this, they were amazed at his teaching.

The Great Commandment

³⁴ When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they came together, ³⁵ and one of them, a teacher of the Law, tried to trap him with a question.

No One Knows the Day and Hour

Jesus Prays in Gethsemane

³⁶ “Teacher,” he asked, “which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”

Jesus' Love for Jerusalem

(Luke 13.34, 35)

³⁷ Jesus answered, “ ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ ³⁸ This is the greatest and the most important commandment. ³⁹ The second most important commandment is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as you love yourself.’ ⁴⁰ The whole Law of Moses and the teachings of the prophets depend on these two commandments.”

The Question about the Messiah

⁴¹ When some Pharisees gathered together, Jesus asked them, ⁴² “What do you think about the Messiah? Whose descendant is he?” “He is David's descendant,” they answered. ⁴³ “Why, then,” Jesus asked, “did the Spirit inspire David to call him ‘Lord’? David said,
⁴⁴ ‘The Lord said to my Lord:
Sit here at my right side
until I put your enemies under your feet.’

The Faithful or the Unfaithful Servant

The Death of Jesus

⁴⁵ If, then, David called him ‘Lord,’ how can the Messiah be David's descendant?” ⁴⁶ No one was able to give Jesus any answer, and from that day on no one dared to ask him any more questions.

The Demand for a Miracle

The Transfiguration

Who Is the Greatest?

Jesus Teaches about Divorce

The Workers in the Vineyard

The Triumphant Entry into Jerusalem

The Parable of the Wedding Feast

Jesus Warns against the Teachers of the Law and the Pharisees

(Mark 12.38, 39; Luke 11.43, 46; 20.45, 46)

Jesus Speaks of the Destruction of the Temple

(Mark 13.1, 2; Luke 21.5, 6)

The Parable of the Ten Young Women

The Plot against Jesus

Jesus Is Taken to Pilate

The Resurrection

¹ Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to his disciples. ² “The teachers of the Law and the Pharisees are the authorized interpreters of Moses' Law.

Troubles and Persecutions

The Death of Judas

(Acts 1.18, 19)

³ So you must obey and follow everything they tell you to do; do not, however, imitate their actions, because they don't practice what they preach. ⁴ They tie onto people's backs loads that are heavy and hard to carry, yet they aren't willing even to lift a finger to help them carry those loads.

The Yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees

⁵ They do everything so that people will see them. Look at the straps with scripture verses on them which they wear on their foreheads and arms, and notice how large they are! Notice also how long are the tassels on their cloaks!

Temptations to Sin

Jesus Is Anointed at Bethany

⁶ They love the best places at feasts and the reserved seats in the synagogues; ⁷ they love to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces and to have people call them ‘Teacher.’ ⁸ You must not be called ‘Teacher,’ because you are all equal and have only one Teacher. ⁹ And you must not call anyone here on earth ‘Father,’ because you have only the one Father in heaven.

The Parable of the Lost Sheep

¹⁰ Nor should you be called ‘Leader,’ because your one and only leader is the Messiah.

Pilate Questions Jesus

The Report of the Guard

¹¹ The greatest one among you must be your servant.

Jesus Goes to the Temple

¹² Whoever makes himself great will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be made great.

Peter's Declaration about Jesus

Jesus Blesses Little Children

Jesus Condemns Their Hypocrisy

(Mark 12.40; Luke 11.39-42, 44, 52; 20.47)

¹³ “How terrible for you, teachers of the Law and Pharisees! You hypocrites! You lock the door to the Kingdom of heaven in people's faces, but you yourselves don't go in, nor do you allow in those who are trying to enter!

When Someone Sins

The Question about Paying Taxes

The Awful Horror

Jesus Is Sentenced to Death

¹⁵ “How terrible for you, teachers of the Law and Pharisees! You hypocrites! You sail the seas and cross whole countries to win one convert; and when you succeed, you make him twice as deserving of going to hell as you yourselves are!

The Rich Young Man

Jesus Appears to His Disciples

(Mark 16.14-18; Luke 24.36-49; John 20.19-23; Acts 1.6-8)

¹⁶ “How terrible for you, blind guides! You teach, ‘If someone swears by the Temple, he isn't bound by his vow; but if he swears by the gold in the Temple, he is bound.’

Jesus Speaks a Third Time about His Death

Jesus Eats the Passover Meal with His Disciples

(Mark 14.12-21; Luke 22.7-13, 21-23; John 13.21-30)

¹⁷ Blind fools! Which is more important, the gold or the Temple which makes the gold holy?

Prohibiting and Permitting

Jesus Curses the Fig Tree

(Mark 11.12-14, 20-24)

¹⁸ You also teach, ‘If someone swears by the altar, he isn't bound by his vow; but if he swears by the gift on the altar, he is bound.’ ¹⁹ How blind you are! Which is the more important, the gift or the altar which makes the gift holy?

A Mother's Request

²⁰ So then, when a person swears by the altar, he is swearing by it and by all the gifts on it;

Jesus Speaks about His Suffering and Death

(Mark 8.31—9.1; Luke 9.22-27)

The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant

²¹ and when he swears by the Temple, he is swearing by it and by God, who lives there;

Jesus Speaks Again about His Death

²² and when someone swears by heaven, he is swearing by God's throne and by him who sits on it.

The Question about Jesus' Authority

The Question about Rising from Death

²³ “How terrible for you, teachers of the Law and Pharisees! You hypocrites! You give to God one tenth even of the seasoning herbs, such as mint, dill, and cumin, but you neglect to obey the really important teachings of the Law, such as justice and mercy and honesty. These you should practice, without neglecting the others.

Payment of the Temple Tax

²⁴ Blind guides! You strain a fly out of your drink, but swallow a camel! ²⁵ “How terrible for you, teachers of the Law and Pharisees! You hypocrites! You clean the outside of your cup and plate, while the inside is full of what you have gotten by violence and selfishness.

The Lord's Supper

(Mark 14.22-26; Luke 22.14-20; 1 Corinthians 11.23-25)

²⁶ Blind Pharisee! Clean what is inside the cup first, and then the outside will be clean too!

The Soldiers Make Fun of Jesus

²⁷ “How terrible for you, teachers of the Law and Pharisees! You hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look fine on the outside but are full of bones and decaying corpses on the inside.

The Parable of the Two Sons

²⁸ In the same way, on the outside you appear good to everybody, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and sins.

Jesus Heals Two Blind Men

Jesus Predicts Their Punishment

The Coming of the Son of Man

²⁹ “How terrible for you, teachers of the Law and Pharisees! You hypocrites! You make fine tombs for the prophets and decorate the monuments of those who lived good lives; ³⁰ and you claim that if you had lived during the time of your ancestors, you would not have done what they did and killed the prophets.

The Final Judgment

Jesus Predicts Peter's Denial

³¹ So you actually admit that you are the descendants of those who murdered the prophets!

The Lesson of the Fig Tree

Jesus Is Crucified

³² Go on, then, and finish up what your ancestors started!

The Parable of the Tenants in the Vineyard

³³ You snakes and children of snakes! How do you expect to escape from being condemned to hell?

The Great Commandment

³⁴ And so I tell you that I will send you prophets and wise men and teachers; you will kill some of them, crucify others, and whip others in the synagogues and chase them from town to town. ³⁵ As a result, the punishment for the murder of all innocent people will fall on you, from the murder of innocent Abel to the murder of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the Temple and the altar.

No One Knows the Day and Hour

Jesus Prays in Gethsemane

³⁶ I tell you indeed: the punishment for all these murders will fall on the people of this day!

Jesus' Love for Jerusalem

(Luke 13.34, 35)

³⁷ “Jerusalem, Jerusalem! You kill the prophets and stone the messengers God has sent you! How many times I wanted to put my arms around all your people, just as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would not let me! ³⁸ And so your Temple will be abandoned and empty. ³⁹ From now on, I tell you, you will never see me again until you say, ‘God bless him who comes in the name of the Lord.’”

The Demand for a Miracle

The Transfiguration

Who Is the Greatest?

Jesus Teaches about Divorce

The Workers in the Vineyard

The Triumphant Entry into Jerusalem

The Parable of the Wedding Feast

Jesus Warns against the Teachers of the Law and the Pharisees

(Mark 12.38, 39; Luke 11.43, 46; 20.45, 46)

Jesus Speaks of the Destruction of the Temple

(Mark 13.1, 2; Luke 21.5, 6)

The Parable of the Ten Young Women

The Plot against Jesus

Jesus Is Taken to Pilate

The Resurrection

¹ Jesus left and was going away from the Temple when his disciples came to him to call his attention to its buildings. ² “Yes,” he said, “you may well look at all these. I tell you this: not a single stone here will be left in its place; every one of them will be thrown down.”

Troubles and Persecutions

The Death of Judas

(Acts 1.18, 19)

³ As Jesus sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him in private. “Tell us when all this will be,” they asked, “and what will happen to show that it is the time for your coming and the end of the age.” ⁴ Jesus answered, “Watch out, and do not let anyone fool you.

The Yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees

⁵ Many men, claiming to speak for me, will come and say, ‘I am the Messiah!’ and they will fool many people.

Temptations to Sin

Jesus Is Anointed at Bethany

⁶ You are going to hear the noise of battles close by and the news of battles far away; but do not be troubled. Such things must happen, but they do not mean that the end has come. ⁷ Countries will fight each other; kingdoms will attack one another. There will be famines and earthquakes everywhere. ⁸ All these things are like the first pains of childbirth. ⁹ “Then you will be arrested and handed over to be punished and be put to death. Everyone will hate you because of me.

The Parable of the Lost Sheep

¹⁰ Many will give up their faith at that time; they will betray one another and hate one another.

Pilate Questions Jesus

The Report of the Guard

¹¹ Then many false prophets will appear and fool many people.

Jesus Goes to the Temple

¹² Such will be the spread of evil that many people's love will grow cold.

Peter's Declaration about Jesus

Jesus Blesses Little Children

Jesus Condemns Their Hypocrisy

(Mark 12.40; Luke 11.39-42, 44, 52; 20.47)

¹³ But whoever holds out to the end will be saved.

Jesus Heals a Boy with a Demon

The Parable of the Three Servants

Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus

¹⁴ And this Good News about the Kingdom will be preached through all the world for a witness to all people; and then the end will come.

When Someone Sins

The Question about Paying Taxes

The Awful Horror

Jesus Is Sentenced to Death

¹⁵ “You will see ‘The Awful Horror’ of which the prophet Daniel spoke. It will be standing in the holy place.” (Note to the reader: understand what this means!)

The Rich Young Man

Jesus Appears to His Disciples

(Mark 16.14-18; Luke 24.36-49; John 20.19-23; Acts 1.6-8)

¹⁶ “Then those who are in Judea must run away to the hills.

Jesus Speaks a Third Time about His Death

Jesus Eats the Passover Meal with His Disciples

(Mark 14.12-21; Luke 22.7-13, 21-23; John 13.21-30)

¹⁷ Someone who is on the roof of a house must not take the time to go down and get any belongings from the house.

Prohibiting and Permitting

Jesus Curses the Fig Tree

(Mark 11.12-14, 20-24)

¹⁸ Someone who is in the field must not go back to get a cloak. ¹⁹ How terrible it will be in those days for women who are pregnant and for mothers with little babies!

A Mother's Request

²⁰ Pray to God that you will not have to run away during the winter or on a Sabbath!

Jesus Speaks about His Suffering and Death

(Mark 8.31—9.1; Luke 9.22-27)

The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant

²¹ For the trouble at that time will be far more terrible than any there has ever been, from the beginning of the world to this very day. Nor will there ever be anything like it again.

Jesus Speaks Again about His Death

²² But God has already reduced the number of days; had he not done so, nobody would survive. For the sake of his chosen people, however, God will reduce the days.

The Question about Jesus' Authority

The Question about Rising from Death

²³ “Then, if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Messiah!’ or ‘There he is!’—do not believe it.

Payment of the Temple Tax

²⁴ For false Messiahs and false prophets will appear; they will perform great miracles and wonders in order to deceive even God's chosen people, if possible. ²⁵ Listen! I have told you this ahead of time.

The Lord's Supper

(Mark 14.22-26; Luke 22.14-20; 1 Corinthians 11.23-25)

²⁶ “Or, if people should tell you, ‘Look, he is out in the desert!’—don't go there; or if they say, ‘Look, he is hiding here!’—don't believe it.

The Soldiers Make Fun of Jesus

²⁷ For the Son of Man will come like the lightning which flashes across the whole sky from the east to the west.

The Parable of the Two Sons

²⁸ “Wherever there is a dead body, the vultures will gather.

Jesus Heals Two Blind Men

Jesus Predicts Their Punishment

The Coming of the Son of Man

²⁹ “Soon after the trouble of those days, the sun will grow dark, the moon will no longer shine, the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers in space will be driven from their courses. ³⁰ Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky; and all the peoples of earth will weep as they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

The Final Judgment

Jesus Predicts Peter's Denial

³¹ The great trumpet will sound, and he will send out his angels to the four corners of the earth, and they will gather his chosen people from one end of the world to the other.

The Lesson of the Fig Tree

Jesus Is Crucified

³² “Let the fig tree teach you a lesson. When its branches become green and tender and it starts putting out leaves, you know that summer is near.

The Parable of the Tenants in the Vineyard

³³ In the same way, when you see all these things, you will know that the time is near, ready to begin.

The Great Commandment

³⁴ Remember that all these things will happen before the people now living have all died. ³⁵ Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

No One Knows the Day and Hour

Jesus Prays in Gethsemane

³⁶ “No one knows, however, when that day and hour will come—neither the angels in heaven nor the Son; the Father alone knows.

Jesus' Love for Jerusalem

(Luke 13.34, 35)

³⁷ The coming of the Son of Man will be like what happened in the time of Noah. ³⁸ In the days before the flood people ate and drank, men and women married, up to the very day Noah went into the boat; ³⁹ yet they did not realize what was happening until the flood came and swept them all away. That is how it will be when the Son of Man comes. ⁴⁰ At that time two men will be working in a field: one will be taken away, the other will be left behind.

The Question about the Messiah

⁴¹ Two women will be at a mill grinding meal: one will be taken away, the other will be left behind. ⁴² Watch out, then, because you do not know what day your Lord will come. ⁴³ If the owner of a house knew the time when the thief would come, you can be sure that he would stay awake and not let the thief break into his house. ⁴⁴ So then, you also must always be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you are not expecting him.

The Faithful or the Unfaithful Servant

The Death of Jesus

⁴⁵ “Who, then, is a faithful and wise servant? It is the one that his master has placed in charge of the other servants to give them their food at the proper time. ⁴⁶ How happy that servant is if his master finds him doing this when he comes home!

The Arrest of Jesus

(Mark 14.43-50; Luke 22.47-53; John 18.3-12)

⁴⁷ Indeed, I tell you, the master will put that servant in charge of all his property. ⁴⁸ But if he is a bad servant, he will tell himself that his master will not come back for a long time, ⁴⁹ and he will begin to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards. ⁵⁰ Then that servant's master will come back one day when the servant does not expect him and at a time he does not know. ⁵¹ The master will cut him in pieces and make him share the fate of the hypocrites. There he will cry and gnash his teeth.

The Demand for a Miracle

The Transfiguration

Who Is the Greatest?

Jesus Teaches about Divorce

The Workers in the Vineyard

The Triumphant Entry into Jerusalem

The Parable of the Wedding Feast

Jesus Warns against the Teachers of the Law and the Pharisees

(Mark 12.38, 39; Luke 11.43, 46; 20.45, 46)

Jesus Speaks of the Destruction of the Temple

(Mark 13.1, 2; Luke 21.5, 6)

The Parable of the Ten Young Women

The Plot against Jesus

Jesus Is Taken to Pilate

The Resurrection

¹ “At that time the Kingdom of heaven will be like this. Once there were ten young women who took their oil lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. ² Five of them were foolish, and the other five were wise.

Troubles and Persecutions

The Death of Judas

(Acts 1.18, 19)

³ The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take any extra oil with them, ⁴ while the wise ones took containers full of oil for their lamps.

The Yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees

⁵ The bridegroom was late in coming, so they began to nod and fall asleep.

Temptations to Sin

Jesus Is Anointed at Bethany

⁶ “It was already midnight when the cry rang out, ‘Here is the bridegroom! Come and meet him!’ ⁷ The ten young women woke up and trimmed their lamps. ⁸ Then the foolish ones said to the wise ones, ‘Let us have some of your oil, because our lamps are going out.’ ⁹ ‘No, indeed,’ the wise ones answered, ‘there is not enough for you and for us. Go to the store and buy some for yourselves.’

The Parable of the Lost Sheep

¹⁰ So the foolish ones went off to buy some oil; and while they were gone, the bridegroom arrived. The five who were ready went in with him to the wedding feast, and the door was closed.

Pilate Questions Jesus

The Report of the Guard

¹¹ “Later the others arrived. ‘Sir, sir! Let us in!’ they cried out.

Jesus Goes to the Temple

¹² ‘Certainly not! I don't know you,’ the bridegroom answered.”

Peter's Declaration about Jesus

Jesus Blesses Little Children

Jesus Condemns Their Hypocrisy

(Mark 12.40; Luke 11.39-42, 44, 52; 20.47)

¹³ And Jesus concluded, “Watch out, then, because you do not know the day or the hour.

Jesus Heals a Boy with a Demon

The Parable of the Three Servants

Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus

¹⁴ “At that time the Kingdom of heaven will be like this. Once there was a man who was about to leave home on a trip; he called his servants and put them in charge of his property.

When Someone Sins

The Question about Paying Taxes

The Awful Horror

Jesus Is Sentenced to Death

¹⁵ He gave to each one according to his ability: to one he gave five thousand gold coins, to another he gave two thousand, and to another he gave one thousand. Then he left on his trip.

The Rich Young Man

Jesus Appears to His Disciples

(Mark 16.14-18; Luke 24.36-49; John 20.19-23; Acts 1.6-8)

¹⁶ The servant who had received five thousand coins went at once and invested his money and earned another five thousand.

Jesus Speaks a Third Time about His Death

Jesus Eats the Passover Meal with His Disciples

(Mark 14.12-21; Luke 22.7-13, 21-23; John 13.21-30)

¹⁷ In the same way the servant who had received two thousand coins earned another two thousand.

Prohibiting and Permitting

Jesus Curses the Fig Tree

(Mark 11.12-14, 20-24)

¹⁸ But the servant who had received one thousand coins went off, dug a hole in the ground, and hid his master's money. ¹⁹ “After a long time the master of those servants came back and settled accounts with them.

A Mother's Request

²⁰ The servant who had received five thousand coins came in and handed over the other five thousand. ‘You gave me five thousand coins, sir,’ he said. ‘Look! Here are another five thousand that I have earned.’

Jesus Speaks about His Suffering and Death

(Mark 8.31—9.1; Luke 9.22-27)

The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant

²¹ ‘Well done, you good and faithful servant!’ said his master. ‘You have been faithful in managing small amounts, so I will put you in charge of large amounts. Come on in and share my happiness!’

Jesus Speaks Again about His Death

²² Then the servant who had been given two thousand coins came in and said, ‘You gave me two thousand coins, sir. Look! Here are another two thousand that I have earned.’

The Question about Jesus' Authority

The Question about Rising from Death

²³ ‘Well done, you good and faithful servant!’ said his master. ‘You have been faithful in managing small amounts, so I will put you in charge of large amounts. Come on in and share my happiness!’

Payment of the Temple Tax

²⁴ Then the servant who had received one thousand coins came in and said, ‘Sir, I know you are a hard man; you reap harvests where you did not plant, and you gather crops where you did not scatter seed. ²⁵ I was afraid, so I went off and hid your money in the ground. Look! Here is what belongs to you.’

The Lord's Supper

(Mark 14.22-26; Luke 22.14-20; 1 Corinthians 11.23-25)

²⁶ ‘You bad and lazy servant!’ his master said. ‘You knew, did you, that I reap harvests where I did not plant, and gather crops where I did not scatter seed?

The Soldiers Make Fun of Jesus

²⁷ Well, then, you should have deposited my money in the bank, and I would have received it all back with interest when I returned.

The Parable of the Two Sons

²⁸ Now, take the money away from him and give it to the one who has ten thousand coins.

Jesus Heals Two Blind Men

Jesus Predicts Their Punishment

The Coming of the Son of Man

²⁹ For to every person who has something, even more will be given, and he will have more than enough; but the person who has nothing, even the little that he has will be taken away from him. ³⁰ As for this useless servant—throw him outside in the darkness; there he will cry and gnash his teeth.’

The Final Judgment

Jesus Predicts Peter's Denial

³¹ “When the Son of Man comes as King and all the angels with him, he will sit on his royal throne,

The Lesson of the Fig Tree

Jesus Is Crucified

³² and the people of all the nations will be gathered before him. Then he will divide them into two groups, just as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

The Parable of the Tenants in the Vineyard

³³ He will put the righteous people at his right and the others at his left.

The Great Commandment

³⁴ Then the King will say to the people on his right, ‘Come, you that are blessed by my Father! Come and possess the kingdom which has been prepared for you ever since the creation of the world. ³⁵ I was hungry and you fed me, thirsty and you gave me a drink; I was a stranger and you received me in your homes,

No One Knows the Day and Hour

Jesus Prays in Gethsemane

³⁶ naked and you clothed me; I was sick and you took care of me, in prison and you visited me.’

Jesus' Love for Jerusalem

(Luke 13.34, 35)

³⁷ The righteous will then answer him, ‘When, Lord, did we ever see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you a drink? ³⁸ When did we ever see you a stranger and welcome you in our homes, or naked and clothe you? ³⁹ When did we ever see you sick or in prison, and visit you?’ ⁴⁰ The King will reply, ‘I tell you, whenever you did this for one of the least important of these followers of mine, you did it for me!’

The Question about the Messiah

⁴¹ “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Away from me, you that are under God's curse! Away to the eternal fire which has been prepared for the Devil and his angels! ⁴² I was hungry but you would not feed me, thirsty but you would not give me a drink; ⁴³ I was a stranger but you would not welcome me in your homes, naked but you would not clothe me; I was sick and in prison but you would not take care of me.’ ⁴⁴ Then they will answer him, ‘When, Lord, did we ever see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and we would not help you?’

The Faithful or the Unfaithful Servant

The Death of Jesus

⁴⁵ The King will reply, ‘I tell you, whenever you refused to help one of these least important ones, you refused to help me.’ ⁴⁶ These, then, will be sent off to eternal punishment, but the righteous will go to eternal life.”

The Demand for a Miracle

The Transfiguration

Who Is the Greatest?

Jesus Teaches about Divorce

The Workers in the Vineyard

The Triumphant Entry into Jerusalem

The Parable of the Wedding Feast

Jesus Warns against the Teachers of the Law and the Pharisees

(Mark 12.38, 39; Luke 11.43, 46; 20.45, 46)

Jesus Speaks of the Destruction of the Temple

(Mark 13.1, 2; Luke 21.5, 6)

The Parable of the Ten Young Women

The Plot against Jesus

Jesus Is Taken to Pilate

The Resurrection

¹ When Jesus had finished teaching all these things, he said to his disciples, ² “In two days, as you know, it will be the Passover Festival, and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified.”

Troubles and Persecutions

The Death of Judas

(Acts 1.18, 19)

³ Then the chief priests and the elders met together in the palace of Caiaphas, the High Priest, ⁴ and made plans to arrest Jesus secretly and put him to death.

The Yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees

⁵ “We must not do it during the festival,” they said, “or the people will riot.”

Temptations to Sin

Jesus Is Anointed at Bethany

⁶ Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon, a man who had suffered from a dreaded skin disease. ⁷ While Jesus was eating, a woman came to him with an alabaster jar filled with an expensive perfume, which she poured on his head. ⁸ The disciples saw this and became angry. “Why all this waste?” they asked. ⁹ “This perfume could have been sold for a large amount and the money given to the poor!”

The Parable of the Lost Sheep

¹⁰ Jesus knew what they were saying, and so he said to them, “Why are you bothering this woman? It is a fine and beautiful thing that she has done for me.

Pilate Questions Jesus

The Report of the Guard

¹¹ You will always have poor people with you, but you will not always have me.

Jesus Goes to the Temple

¹² What she did was to pour this perfume on my body to get me ready for burial.

Peter's Declaration about Jesus

Jesus Blesses Little Children

Jesus Condemns Their Hypocrisy

(Mark 12.40; Luke 11.39-42, 44, 52; 20.47)

¹³ Now, I assure you that wherever this gospel is preached all over the world, what she has done will be told in memory of her.”

Jesus Heals a Boy with a Demon

The Parable of the Three Servants

Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus

¹⁴ Then one of the twelve disciples—the one named Judas Iscariot—went to the chief priests

When Someone Sins

The Question about Paying Taxes

The Awful Horror

Jesus Is Sentenced to Death

¹⁵ and asked, “What will you give me if I betray Jesus to you?” They counted out thirty silver coins and gave them to him.

The Rich Young Man

Jesus Appears to His Disciples

(Mark 16.14-18; Luke 24.36-49; John 20.19-23; Acts 1.6-8)

¹⁶ From then on Judas was looking for a good chance to hand Jesus over to them.

Jesus Speaks a Third Time about His Death

Jesus Eats the Passover Meal with His Disciples

(Mark 14.12-21; Luke 22.7-13, 21-23; John 13.21-30)

¹⁷ On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus and asked him, “Where do you want us to get the Passover meal ready for you?”

Prohibiting and Permitting

Jesus Curses the Fig Tree

(Mark 11.12-14, 20-24)

¹⁸ “Go to a certain man in the city,” he said to them, “and tell him: ‘The Teacher says, My hour has come; my disciples and I will celebrate the Passover at your house.’” ¹⁹ The disciples did as Jesus had told them and prepared the Passover meal.

A Mother's Request

²⁰ When it was evening, Jesus and the twelve disciples sat down to eat.

Jesus Speaks about His Suffering and Death

(Mark 8.31—9.1; Luke 9.22-27)

The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant

²¹ During the meal Jesus said, “I tell you, one of you will betray me.”

Jesus Speaks Again about His Death

²² The disciples were very upset and began to ask him, one after the other, “Surely, Lord, you don't mean me?”

The Question about Jesus' Authority

The Question about Rising from Death

²³ Jesus answered, “One who dips his bread in the dish with me will betray me.

Payment of the Temple Tax

²⁴ The Son of Man will die as the Scriptures say he will, but how terrible for that man who will betray the Son of Man! It would have been better for that man if he had never been born!” ²⁵ Judas, the traitor, spoke up. “Surely, Teacher, you don't mean me?” he asked. Jesus answered, “So you say.”

The Lord's Supper

(Mark 14.22-26; Luke 22.14-20; 1 Corinthians 11.23-25)

²⁶ While they were eating, Jesus took a piece of bread, gave a prayer of thanks, broke it, and gave it to his disciples. “Take and eat it,” he said; “this is my body.”

The Soldiers Make Fun of Jesus

²⁷ Then he took a cup, gave thanks to God, and gave it to them. “Drink it, all of you,” he said;

The Parable of the Two Sons

²⁸ “this is my blood, which seals God's covenant, my blood poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.

Jesus Heals Two Blind Men

Jesus Predicts Their Punishment

The Coming of the Son of Man

²⁹ I tell you, I will never again drink this wine until the day I drink the new wine with you in my Father's Kingdom.” ³⁰ Then they sang a hymn and went out to the Mount of Olives.

The Final Judgment

Jesus Predicts Peter's Denial

³¹ Then Jesus said to them, “This very night all of you will run away and leave me, for the scripture says, ‘God will kill the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’

The Lesson of the Fig Tree

Jesus Is Crucified

³² But after I am raised to life, I will go to Galilee ahead of you.”

The Parable of the Tenants in the Vineyard

³³ Peter spoke up and said to Jesus, “I will never leave you, even though all the rest do!”

The Great Commandment

³⁴ Jesus said to Peter, “I tell you that before the rooster crows tonight, you will say three times that you do not know me.” ³⁵ Peter answered, “I will never say that, even if I have to die with you!” And all the other disciples said the same thing.

No One Knows the Day and Hour

Jesus Prays in Gethsemane

³⁶ Then Jesus went with his disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to them, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.”

Jesus' Love for Jerusalem

(Luke 13.34, 35)

³⁷ He took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee. Grief and anguish came over him, ³⁸ and he said to them, “The sorrow in my heart is so great that it almost crushes me. Stay here and keep watch with me.” ³⁹ He went a little farther on, threw himself face downward on the ground, and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, take this cup of suffering from me! Yet not what I want, but what you want.” ⁴⁰ Then he returned to the three disciples and found them asleep; and he said to Peter, “How is it that you three were not able to keep watch with me for even one hour?

The Question about the Messiah

⁴¹ Keep watch and pray that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.” ⁴² Once more Jesus went away and prayed, “My Father, if this cup of suffering cannot be taken away unless I drink it, your will be done.” ⁴³ He returned once more and found the disciples asleep; they could not keep their eyes open. ⁴⁴ Again Jesus left them, went away, and prayed the third time, saying the same words.

The Faithful or the Unfaithful Servant

The Death of Jesus

⁴⁵ Then he returned to the disciples and said, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Look! The hour has come for the Son of Man to be handed over to the power of sinners. ⁴⁶ Get up, let us go. Look, here is the man who is betraying me!”

The Arrest of Jesus

(Mark 14.43-50; Luke 22.47-53; John 18.3-12)

⁴⁷ Jesus was still speaking when Judas, one of the twelve disciples, arrived. With him was a large crowd armed with swords and clubs and sent by the chief priests and the elders. ⁴⁸ The traitor had given the crowd a signal: “The man I kiss is the one you want. Arrest him!” ⁴⁹ Judas went straight to Jesus and said, “Peace be with you, Teacher,” and kissed him. ⁵⁰ Jesus answered, “Be quick about it, friend!” Then they came up, arrested Jesus, and held him tight. ⁵¹ One of those who were with Jesus drew his sword and struck at the High Priest's slave, cutting off his ear. ⁵² “Put your sword back in its place,” Jesus said to him. “All who take the sword will die by the sword. ⁵³ Don't you know that I could call on my Father for help, and at once he would send me more than twelve armies of angels? ⁵⁴ But in that case, how could the Scriptures come true which say that this is what must happen?” ⁵⁵ Then Jesus spoke to the crowd, “Did you have to come with swords and clubs to capture me, as though I were an outlaw? Every day I sat down and taught in the Temple, and you did not arrest me. ⁵⁶ But all this has happened in order to make come true what the prophets wrote in the Scriptures.” Then all the disciples left him and ran away.

Jesus before the Council

(Mark 14.53-65; Luke 22.54, 55, 63-71; John 18.13, 14, 19-24)

The Burial of Jesus

(Mark 15.42-47; Luke 23.50-56; John 19.38-42)

⁵⁷ Those who had arrested Jesus took him to the house of Caiaphas, the High Priest, where the teachers of the Law and the elders had gathered together. ⁵⁸ Peter followed from a distance, as far as the courtyard of the High Priest's house. He went into the courtyard and sat down with the guards to see how it would all come out. ⁵⁹ The chief priests and the whole Council tried to find some false evidence against Jesus to put him to death; ⁶⁰ but they could not find any, even though many people came forward and told lies about him. Finally two men stepped up ⁶¹ and said, “This man said, ‘I am able to tear down God's Temple and three days later build it back up.’”

The Guard at the Tomb

⁶² The High Priest stood up and said to Jesus, “Have you no answer to give to this accusation against you?” ⁶³ But Jesus kept quiet. Again the High Priest spoke to him, “In the name of the living God I now put you under oath: tell us if you are the Messiah, the Son of God.” ⁶⁴ Jesus answered him, “So you say. But I tell all of you: from this time on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right side of the Almighty and coming on the clouds of heaven!” ⁶⁵ At this the High Priest tore his clothes and said, “Blasphemy! We don't need any more witnesses! You have just heard his blasphemy! ⁶⁶ What do you think?” They answered, “He is guilty and must die.” ⁶⁷ Then they spat in his face and beat him; and those who slapped him ⁶⁸ said, “Prophesy for us, Messiah! Guess who hit you!”

Peter Denies Jesus

(Mark 14.66-72; Luke 22.56-62; John 18.15-18, 25-27)

⁶⁹ Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard when one of the High Priest's servant women came to him and said, “You, too, were with Jesus of Galilee.” ⁷⁰ But he denied it in front of them all. “I don't know what you are talking about,” he answered, ⁷¹ and went on out to the entrance of the courtyard. Another servant woman saw him and said to the men there, “He was with Jesus of Nazareth.” ⁷² Again Peter denied it and answered, “I swear that I don't know that man!” ⁷³ After a little while the men standing there came to Peter. “Of course you are one of them,” they said. “After all, the way you speak gives you away!” ⁷⁴ Then Peter said, “I swear that I am telling the truth! May God punish me if I am not! I do not know that man!” Just then a rooster crowed, ⁷⁵ and Peter remembered what Jesus had told him: “Before the rooster crows, you will say three times that you do not know me.” He went out and wept bitterly.

The Demand for a Miracle

The Transfiguration

Who Is the Greatest?

Jesus Teaches about Divorce

The Workers in the Vineyard

The Triumphant Entry into Jerusalem

The Parable of the Wedding Feast

Jesus Warns against the Teachers of the Law and the Pharisees

(Mark 12.38, 39; Luke 11.43, 46; 20.45, 46)

Jesus Speaks of the Destruction of the Temple

(Mark 13.1, 2; Luke 21.5, 6)

The Parable of the Ten Young Women

The Plot against Jesus

Jesus Is Taken to Pilate

The Resurrection

¹ Early in the morning all the chief priests and the elders made their plans against Jesus to put him to death. ² They put him in chains, led him off, and handed him over to Pilate, the Roman governor.

Troubles and Persecutions

The Death of Judas

(Acts 1.18, 19)

³ When Judas, the traitor, learned that Jesus had been condemned, he repented and took back the thirty silver coins to the chief priests and the elders. ⁴ “I have sinned by betraying an innocent man to death!” he said. “What do we care about that?” they answered. “That is your business!”

The Yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees

⁵ Judas threw the coins down in the Temple and left; then he went off and hanged himself.

Temptations to Sin

Jesus Is Anointed at Bethany

⁶ The chief priests picked up the coins and said, “This is blood money, and it is against our Law to put it in the Temple treasury.” ⁷ After reaching an agreement about it, they used the money to buy Potter's Field, as a cemetery for foreigners. ⁸ That is why that field is called “Field of Blood” to this very day. ⁹ Then what the prophet Jeremiah had said came true: “They took the thirty silver coins, the amount the people of Israel had agreed to pay for him,

The Parable of the Lost Sheep

¹⁰ and used the money to buy the potter's field, as the Lord had commanded me.”

Pilate Questions Jesus

The Report of the Guard

¹¹ Jesus stood before the Roman governor, who questioned him. “Are you the king of the Jews?” he asked. “So you say,” answered Jesus.

Jesus Goes to the Temple

¹² But he said nothing in response to the accusations of the chief priests and elders.

Peter's Declaration about Jesus

Jesus Blesses Little Children

Jesus Condemns Their Hypocrisy

(Mark 12.40; Luke 11.39-42, 44, 52; 20.47)

¹³ So Pilate said to him, “Don't you hear all these things they accuse you of”

Jesus Heals a Boy with a Demon

The Parable of the Three Servants

Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus

¹⁴ But Jesus refused to answer a single word, with the result that the Governor was greatly surprised.

When Someone Sins

The Question about Paying Taxes

The Awful Horror

Jesus Is Sentenced to Death

¹⁵ At every Passover Festival the Roman governor was in the habit of setting free any one prisoner the crowd asked for.

The Rich Young Man

Jesus Appears to His Disciples

(Mark 16.14-18; Luke 24.36-49; John 20.19-23; Acts 1.6-8)

¹⁶ At that time there was a well-known prisoner named Jesus Barabbas.

Jesus Speaks a Third Time about His Death

Jesus Eats the Passover Meal with His Disciples

(Mark 14.12-21; Luke 22.7-13, 21-23; John 13.21-30)

¹⁷ So when the crowd gathered, Pilate asked them, “Which one do you want me to set free for you? Jesus Barabbas or Jesus called the Messiah?”

Prohibiting and Permitting

Jesus Curses the Fig Tree

(Mark 11.12-14, 20-24)

¹⁸ He knew very well that the Jewish authorities had handed Jesus over to him because they were jealous. ¹⁹ While Pilate was sitting in the judgment hall, his wife sent him a message: “Have nothing to do with that innocent man, because in a dream last night I suffered much on account of him.”

A Mother's Request

²⁰ The chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowd to ask Pilate to set Barabbas free and have Jesus put to death.

Jesus Speaks about His Suffering and Death

(Mark 8.31—9.1; Luke 9.22-27)

The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant

²¹ But Pilate asked the crowd, “Which one of these two do you want me to set free for you?” “Barabbas!” they answered.

Jesus Speaks Again about His Death

²² “What, then, shall I do with Jesus called the Messiah?” Pilate asked them. “Crucify him!” they all answered.

The Question about Jesus' Authority

The Question about Rising from Death

²³ But Pilate asked, “What crime has he committed?” Then they started shouting at the top of their voices: “Crucify him!”

Payment of the Temple Tax

²⁴ When Pilate saw that it was no use to go on, but that a riot might break out, he took some water, washed his hands in front of the crowd, and said, “I am not responsible for the death of this man! This is your doing!” ²⁵ The whole crowd answered, “Let the responsibility for his death fall on us and on our children!”

The Lord's Supper

(Mark 14.22-26; Luke 22.14-20; 1 Corinthians 11.23-25)

²⁶ Then Pilate set Barabbas free for them; and after he had Jesus whipped, he handed him over to be crucified.

The Soldiers Make Fun of Jesus

²⁷ Then Pilate's soldiers took Jesus into the governor's palace, and the whole company gathered around him.

The Parable of the Two Sons

²⁸ They stripped off his clothes and put a scarlet robe on him.

Jesus Heals Two Blind Men

Jesus Predicts Their Punishment

The Coming of the Son of Man

²⁹ Then they made a crown out of thorny branches and placed it on his head, and put a stick in his right hand; then they knelt before him and made fun of him. “Long live the King of the Jews!” they said. ³⁰ They spat on him, and took the stick and hit him over the head.

The Final Judgment

Jesus Predicts Peter's Denial

³¹ When they had finished making fun of him, they took the robe off and put his own clothes back on him. Then they led him out to crucify him.

The Lesson of the Fig Tree

Jesus Is Crucified

³² As they were going out, they met a man from Cyrene named Simon, and the soldiers forced him to carry Jesus' cross.

The Parable of the Tenants in the Vineyard

³³ They came to a place called Golgotha, which means, “The Place of the Skull.”

The Great Commandment

³⁴ There they offered Jesus wine mixed with a bitter substance; but after tasting it, he would not drink it. ³⁵ They crucified him and then divided his clothes among them by throwing dice.

No One Knows the Day and Hour

Jesus Prays in Gethsemane

³⁶ After that they sat there and watched him.

Jesus' Love for Jerusalem

(Luke 13.34, 35)

³⁷ Above his head they put the written notice of the accusation against him: “This is Jesus, the King of the Jews.” ³⁸ Then they crucified two bandits with Jesus, one on his right and the other on his left. ³⁹ People passing by shook their heads and hurled insults at Jesus: ⁴⁰ “You were going to tear down the Temple and build it back up in three days! Save yourself if you are God's Son! Come on down from the cross!”

The Question about the Messiah

⁴¹ In the same way the chief priests and the teachers of the Law and the elders made fun of him: ⁴² “He saved others, but he cannot save himself Isn't he the king of Israel? If he will come down off the cross now, we will believe in him! ⁴³ He trusts in God and claims to be God's Son. Well, then, let us see if God wants to save him now!” ⁴⁴ Even the bandits who had been crucified with him insulted him in the same way.

The Faithful or the Unfaithful Servant

The Death of Jesus

⁴⁵ At noon the whole country was covered with darkness, which lasted for three hours. ⁴⁶ At about three o'clock Jesus cried out with a loud shout, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?”which means, “My God, my God, why did you abandon me?”

The Arrest of Jesus

(Mark 14.43-50; Luke 22.47-53; John 18.3-12)

⁴⁷ Some of the people standing there heard him and said, “He is calling for Elijah!” ⁴⁸ One of them ran up at once, took a sponge, soaked it in cheap wine, put it on the end of a stick, and tried to make him drink it. ⁴⁹ But the others said, “Wait, let us see if Elijah is coming to save him!” ⁵⁰ Jesus again gave a loud cry and breathed his last. ⁵¹ Then the curtain hanging in the Temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook, the rocks split apart, ⁵² the graves broke open, and many of God's people who had died were raised to life. ⁵³ They left the graves, and after Jesus rose from death, they went into the Holy City, where many people saw them. ⁵⁴ When the army officer and the soldiers with him who were watching Jesus saw the earthquake and everything else that happened, they were terrified and said, “He really was the Son of God!” ⁵⁵ There were many women there, looking on from a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee and helped him. ⁵⁶ Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the wife of Zebedee.

Jesus before the Council

(Mark 14.53-65; Luke 22.54, 55, 63-71; John 18.13, 14, 19-24)

The Burial of Jesus

(Mark 15.42-47; Luke 23.50-56; John 19.38-42)

⁵⁷ When it was evening, a rich man from Arimathea arrived; his name was Joseph, and he also was a disciple of Jesus. ⁵⁸ He went into the presence of Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Pilate gave orders for the body to be given to Joseph. ⁵⁹ So Joseph took it, wrapped it in a new linen sheet, ⁶⁰ and placed it in his own tomb, which he had just recently dug out of solid rock. Then he rolled a large stone across the entrance to the tomb and went away. ⁶¹ Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were sitting there, facing the tomb.

The Guard at the Tomb

⁶² The next day, which was a Sabbath, the chief priests and the Pharisees met with Pilate ⁶³ and said, “Sir, we remember that while that liar was still alive he said, ‘I will be raised to life three days later.’ ⁶⁴ Give orders, then, for his tomb to be carefully guarded until the third day, so that his disciples will not be able to go and steal the body, and then tell the people that he was raised from death. This last lie would be even worse than the first one.” ⁶⁵ “Take a guard,” Pilate told them; “go and make the tomb as secure as you can.” ⁶⁶ So they left and made the tomb secure by putting a seal on the stone and leaving the guard on watch.

The Demand for a Miracle

The Transfiguration

Who Is the Greatest?

Jesus Teaches about Divorce

The Workers in the Vineyard

The Triumphant Entry into Jerusalem

The Parable of the Wedding Feast

Jesus Warns against the Teachers of the Law and the Pharisees

(Mark 12.38, 39; Luke 11.43, 46; 20.45, 46)

Jesus Speaks of the Destruction of the Temple

(Mark 13.1, 2; Luke 21.5, 6)

The Parable of the Ten Young Women

The Plot against Jesus

Jesus Is Taken to Pilate

The Resurrection

¹ After the Sabbath, as Sunday morning was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb. ² Suddenly there was a violent earthquake; an angel of the Lord came down from heaven, rolled the stone away, and sat on it.

Troubles and Persecutions

The Death of Judas

(Acts 1.18, 19)

³ His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow. ⁴ The guards were so afraid that they trembled and became like dead men.

The Yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees

⁵ The angel spoke to the women. “You must not be afraid,” he said. “I know you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified.

Temptations to Sin

Jesus Is Anointed at Bethany

⁶ He is not here; he has been raised, just as he said. Come here and see the place where he was lying. ⁷ Go quickly now, and tell his disciples, ‘He has been raised from death, and now he is going to Galilee ahead of you; there you will see him!’ Remember what I have told you.” ⁸ So they left the tomb in a hurry, afraid and yet filled with joy, and ran to tell his disciples. ⁹ Suddenly Jesus met them and said, “Peace be with you.” They came up to him, took hold of his feet, and worshiped him.

The Parable of the Lost Sheep

¹⁰ “Do not be afraid,” Jesus said to them. “Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee, and there they will see me.”

Pilate Questions Jesus

The Report of the Guard

¹¹ While the women went on their way, some of the soldiers guarding the tomb went back to the city and told the chief priests everything that had happened.

Jesus Goes to the Temple

¹² The chief priests met with the elders and made their plan; they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers

Peter's Declaration about Jesus

Jesus Blesses Little Children

Jesus Condemns Their Hypocrisy

(Mark 12.40; Luke 11.39-42, 44, 52; 20.47)

¹³ and said, “You are to say that his disciples came during the night and stole his body while you were asleep.

Jesus Heals a Boy with a Demon

The Parable of the Three Servants

Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus

¹⁴ And if the Governor should hear of this, we will convince him that you are innocent, and you will have nothing to worry about.”

When Someone Sins

The Question about Paying Taxes

The Awful Horror

Jesus Is Sentenced to Death

¹⁵ The guards took the money and did what they were told to do. And so that is the report spread around by the Jews to this very day.

The Rich Young Man

Jesus Appears to His Disciples

(Mark 16.14-18; Luke 24.36-49; John 20.19-23; Acts 1.6-8)

¹⁶ The eleven disciples went to the hill in Galilee where Jesus had told them to go.

Jesus Speaks a Third Time about His Death

Jesus Eats the Passover Meal with His Disciples

(Mark 14.12-21; Luke 22.7-13, 21-23; John 13.21-30)

¹⁷ When they saw him, they worshiped him, even though some of them doubted.

Prohibiting and Permitting

Jesus Curses the Fig Tree

(Mark 11.12-14, 20-24)

¹⁸ Jesus drew near and said to them, “I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth. ¹⁹ Go, then, to all peoples everywhere and make them my disciples: baptize them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit,

A Mother's Request